According to a Philadelphia Elections Official, Hundreds of Individuals who are not U.S. Citizens were Registered to Vote in Philadelphia and nearly half of them Voted in Past Elections. Since 2006, 317 Registered Voters have Contacted the City Commissioners, which oversees Philadelphia Elections, asking that their Registrations be Canceled because they are Not Citizens.

Many of them were Registered while either Applying for or Renewing their Driver’s Licenses. All Applicants were offered the Option to Register to Vote even after providing Documentation to Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Officials that although they were in the Country Legally, they were Not Citizens.

Al Schmidt, the lone Republican on the Philadelphia Election Commission, said that all 317 Registrations have been Canceled and he has been Speaking with the Pennsylvania Department of State about the Problem. “For the majority of these people, it’s completely plausible to believe they thought they were eligible to vote,” Schmidt claimed, despite the Fact that Voter Registration Applications require an Applicant to answer a Citizenship Question. “All voter fraud is an irregularity; not all voter irregularities are fraud,” Schmidt said, adding that it is still Illegal. “Regardless of the intent, the damage is still the same.”

Public Interest Legal Foundation later published a Report detailing 86 Cases of Non-Citizens whose Voter Registrations were quietly Revoked between 2013 and 2015. Almost half of them had Voted at least Once.

A Major Component of Philadelphia Registering Non-Citizens involves the National Voter Registration Act, or “Motor Voter,” which was passed in 1993. It requires State Governments to offer Voter Registration to Any Eligible Person who is Applying for or Renewing their Driver’s License or Registration.

This Requirement has been Misinterpreted by State Officials as supposedly Prohibiting them from Failing to Offer Everyone who Applies for a Driver’s License the Opportunity to Register. This includes Cases where the DMV Official knows the Individual is Not a U.S. Citizen.

Schmidt’s Office has obtained data on 220 of the 317 Registrations. Of these 220, 44 Voted in One Election while 46 voted in Multiple Elections. It is Unclear how many more Non-Citizens are Registered and Voting since Philadelphia Election Officials take absolutely No Steps whatsoever to Verify the Citizenship Status of Individuals who Register to Vote. They only Found out about the 317 because these Registered Non-Citizens asked to be Removed from the Rolls.

The Pennsylvania Department of State has a Review underway, but has already reported that, since 1972, 1,160 Voters Statewide have Requested their Registrations be Canceled because they were Not Citizens. There can be little doubt this is just the Tip of the Iceberg.

Separately, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, there have been 98 Non-Citizens who have Canceled their Voter Registration since 2006. Elections Director Mark Wolosik stated that the Aliens became Aware of the Problem when they were asked about their Voter Registration by the Department of Homeland Security when they Applied for Citizenship.

Two other Cases of Non-Citizen Registration and Voting show that this is not solely a Pennsylvania Problem.

Earlier this Month, Public Interest Legal Foundation Published a Report after a Six-Month Review of New Jersey Voter Registrations. It found that 616 Non-Citizens Registered to Vote, 76% of whom admitted their Non-Citizenship Status at the outset. Yet they were Registered by Election Officials anyway. Some Non-Citizens were even asked if they wanted to Register to Vote after presenting a “Green Card” to get their Driver’s License.

Added to the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Cases, Virginia has also faced a multitude of Non-Citizens Registering to Vote. This May, Public Interest Legal Foundation Published a Report showing that between 2011 and May 2017, Virginia Removed 5,556 Non-Citizens from its Voter Rolls. Those Non-Citizens Cast 7,474 Votes in Multiple Elections. And in the last 12 years in Virginia, there have been Two Statewide Attorney General Races that have been decided by fewer than a Thousand Votes.

Just more evidence of the kind of Problems that Exist in our Voter Registration and Election Process.









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